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queenanneslace ADN, MSN, APRN, CNM

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  1. L&D Interview!

    Taking CEU classes or attending seminars on pregnancy and labor and birth will help strengthen your resume. Attend fetal monitoring workshops - there is so much to learn in L&D, and the more you can come in with, the better. Labor support, ...
  2. How many unvaccinated coworkers are you aware of?

    "How many unvaccinated coworkers are you aware of?" I want to revisit this question, now that my place of employment has a vaccine mandate in place. How many unvaccinated coworkers? ZERO. This number is a lot different than a couple w...
  3. Texas Dr violates abortion law!

    Can you expand on this a little bit? What do you think is going to happen? To Google? facebook?
  4. Vaccination Mandating

    Because it's a population strategy, not an individual one. High rates of unvaccinated people in a community cause harm to all of us: in terms of not only illness and suffering, but overwhelming hospitals, closing schools, rendering our society semi-d...
  5. How many unvaccinated coworkers are you aware of?

    I'm not in charge of firing nurses, so I'm not sure of the exact game plan. I agree, it is massively disruptive to staffing, and dangerous to patients. But I cannot fathom why my colleagues are refusing the vaccine, as I was getting tired of try...
  6. How many unvaccinated coworkers are you aware of?

    Until yesterday, I hadn't logged on to Allnurses in well over a year. I've missed the critical thinking and intelligent responses and dialogues here. It gives me some hope for nursing. For some, the truth hurts. Critical thinking hurts. I just ...
  7. How many unvaccinated coworkers are you aware of?

    Yeah. And we wouldn't have to replace any of them if they were willing to get a safe and effective vaccine.
  8. How many unvaccinated coworkers are you aware of?

    In trying to understand the absurdly high anti-vax rate among my coworkers and colleagues, this explanation makes sense. It's not real to them, any critically-ill pregnant patient is sent to ICU. I disagree that it's easy to train and replace O...
  9. How many unvaccinated coworkers are you aware of?

    Well, they appear to be risking their jobs with their choices. Think of how caring and compassionate to patients they'll be while they're unemployed.
  10. How many unvaccinated coworkers are you aware of?

    How many unvaccinated coworkers are you aware of? How many? Over half my department (OBGYN), this includes providers and RNs. ?
  11. Frontier CNM Program hours of study per week

    I went to Frontier. I had to find my own clinical sites. So no, they did not help me find my clinical placement at all. This may have changed in recent years? I'm not sure. We were on our own.
  12. Can I be a CNM and believe in medical interventions?

    I found the question refreshing. And here is my answer: YES! Absolutely! It's a pretty common misconception - among MANY people - patients, nurses, physicians and the public at large - that midwives eschew medical interventions and technology. And th...
  13. Most successful way to find a preceptor

    I see a lot of questions about finding preceptors, and not a lot of responses. First (maybe this is obvious) - making online requests to the universe at large for a preceptor is probably not very effective. This is what I'd suggest: NETWORKING - in...
  14. Frontier CNM Program hours of study per week

    I worked 24-32 hours per week on average. I had to do a lot of networking - and way ahead of time - to secure a site. Ideally, I wanted more sites, but it worked out that the practice was large enough and diverse enough that I got good experience. A...
  15. Frontier CNM Program hours of study per week

    I enrolled part-time for a couple of reasons. - My workplace had tuition reimbursement if I maintained my work schedule at a certain FTE. It was fairly generous - $3500-4000/year toward a graduate degree program if I remember correctly. -Working par...
  16. 39 IOL

    I've never worked at a hospital where IOL without indication at 39+0 weeks is the norm. It might be your hospital, or the culture of your geographic area.
  17. Are Certified Midwifes still Prevelent in the U.S?

    ChiefFaith The questions you ask will have different answers depending upon the state and the area where you work. Some places have lots of CNM practices. Others have very few. The way practices are structured vary from practice to practice - and al...
  18. Survival guide for women of color

    dinah77, I've really been thinking about these suggestions - and they are all sound and good. I think we also need to include a primer for people who work in healthcare who want to address the racial disparities in outcomes. Yes, it is important for ...
  19. Survival guide for women of color

    "Could it be related to WOC being more genetically likely to experience post-partum complications such as hemorrhage? " I'm not saying this to be inflammatory, just information. Please consider how the idea that people of certain races or ethnicities...
  20. Survival guide for women of color

    Kira and her husband needed ALLIES - they needed a nurse, or an aide, a physician, or SOMEONE to give a damn and to advocate for her getting timely care. She died from medical negligence, exacerbated from being a black woman in a racist healthcare sy...
  21. Hey. Let's talk about the ARRIVE trial and results. Thoughts? Questions? Concerns? Were you surprised? Do you anticipate a change in guidelines for elective IOL at the facilities where you attend births? Will this impact the way you practice? Will ...
  22. Just how busy is an online NP master program?

    I entered an MSN program with a non-nursing Bachelor's degree and ADN. I enrolled part-time (6-8 credits per term), and worked part-time (24-30 hrs/week) until clinicals. I was at Frontier, so the clinicals come after the coursework - this would be...
  23. gnosis

    I would study the ACOG document Hypertension in Pregnancy - (sorry if that is not the exact title). Thanks for the memory jog as to what Gnosis is, NRSKarenRN. It seems that when my institution required these trainings, we had an opportunity to go b...
  24. ARRIVE trial results - elective induction of labor at 39 weeks

    "Mother Nature is, indeed, a terrible obstetrician, but that's not a bad thing because she's a great midwife." It seems like she's mixing metaphors a little bit. What do you think this means?
  25. Insight into CNM career

    CNM positions are going to vary depending on your geographic location, the local birth 'culture', and by employer. Where are you planning on working when you finish nursing school? One of the best things about having an RN license is your employabl...